Moving-van.



A. B. YETTER.

MOVING VAN. APPLIoATIoN rILnD 0012s, 1907.

W/TNESSES g4 Arrow/frs Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

ANDREW B. YETTER, OF NEW YORK., N. Y.

MOVING-VAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

Application filed October 8, 1907.`V Serial No. 396,383.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ANDREW B. YETTER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Moving-Vans, of which `the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide an extension from the rear end of a moving van whereby to add to its capacity when necessary and to protect the articles ordinarily strapped outside the end of the van i from the elements; and furthermore `to afford a shelter for the packer or person loading or unloading, leaving the body ofthe van entirely free for storage purposes, and enabling the operator to work to the best advantage.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide an attachment of the character described adaptable to any type of moving van, and which will not interfere with the opening or closing of the doors and which when not required will be absolutely out of the way yet readily available at any time.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts as will be hereinafter' fully set forth and pointed out. in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming apart of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the iigures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation ofthe rear end portion of a moving van and the attachment applied thereto and in operative position; Fig. 2 is a rear end view of the van and the attachment; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical detailed section taken practically on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

A represents a side of the moving van which is provided with preferably the arched top 10, shown, and with double doors 11 at its rear end adapted to close one upon the other, and the said doors 11 are so connected with the side portions A of the van that they may be brought to a position parallel with said sides or carried outward at an angle thereto, the pivotal connection of the hinges 11 of the doors with the body of the van being designated as 12 in Fig. 1. The doors may be held closed by any suitable or approved form of latch 13. The van is shown as provided with the customary side braces 14 that are attached to the rear outer vertical beams 15 and to a lower sill 15a, which latter sill is attached in any approved manner to the bottom 16 of the van.

The van proper may be of any suitable er approved construction, but the van is provided with an auxiliary bottom C that is located at its rear portion only and is adapted to slide out therefrom, suitable stops being employed if necessary, or a tail-board may serve for a iioor or slide, in which instance the doors are shortened, This auxiliary bottom C is mounted to slide beneath guides 17, preferably constructed of angle iron and secured to the inner side faces of the side members A of the van, as is shown in Fig. 2, and when the said auxiliary bottom C is in its outer position, as is shown in Fig. 1, it is so held and supported by links 18 or their equivalents pivotally connected to the outer side portions of the said auxiliary bottom C, being hooked over pins 19 located at the inner side faces ofthe van at the rear, as is indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and in full lines in Fig. 2.

In connection with the van I employ a sliding hood D that is adapted to be drawn out at the rear of the van as far as the auxiliary bottom C, so as to increase the capacity of the van when necessary, and yet protect the contents thereof stored at the rear, and when the auxiliary bottom C and the hood D are brought into action the doors B at the rear constitute the side portions for the superstructure thus formed. The hood D is arched above the top 10 of the van, being free therefrom, a space intervening between the said hood and the top 10, as is clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. This hood D is provided at each side with a downwardly extending flange member 20, and the said flange members 20 are received between the upright members of angle irons 21 and 22 s is shown in Fig. 3, being held fast thereto by rivets 20at or their equivalents. These angle irons 21 and 22 constitute practically sliding brackets for the hood D located at each side of the van and a space is provided between the horizontal members of these brackets 21 and 22, as is also best shown in Fig. 3 to receive the horizontal members of angular tracks 25 secured to the side faces of the van at their outer portions whereby the hood may be slid backward and forward and the brackets 21 and 22 are provided; at theirpforward or inner ends with downwardly extending members 23, and these members when the hood D is in its outer position engage with stops 24 of any suitable character, secured to the outer side faces of the van, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

.It will be observed that by means of the construction above described, the length of a van may be increased whenever desired., and the increased portion will protect the material that it receives, and it will also be observed that when the extension. section of the van is not needed it is so stored away as not to interfere in the slightest degree with the loading or the unloading of the van proper.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters vl.)atent,-

l. An extension section for vans, comprising a slidable bottom and a slidable hood, and end doors, for forming the side portions of the extension.

2. An extension section for vans comprising a slid able bottom, a correspondingly slidable hood and end doors which when the y two said sections are in operative position constitute the side portions of said extension.

3. ln a moving,r van, an auxiliary bottoni located at the rear adapted to slide outward and inward relatively to the main bottom, a hood mounted at the upper portion of the van adapted to slide outward and inward relatively to the roof thereof, doors for the van which co-act with the said auxiliary bottom and the said hood to constitute sides forl the extension, means for supporting the auxiliary bottom in its outer position and for limiting the outward movement of the hood. 4L. ln a moving` van, an auxiliary bottom located at the rear adapted to slide outward therefrom, guides for the said auxiliary bottom and supports therefor, a hood slidably .mounted at the root of the van at the rear, means for limiting the outward movement of the said hood, tracks at the side portions of the van, brackets carried by the hood that receive between them the said tracks, and doors at the rear of the van adapted at the outer position of the hood and the auxiliary floor to extend between the outer side edges olE said factors and constitute av housed extension for the rear end oli the van..

ln testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this speciiication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

^ ANDREW B. YETTER. Witnesses J. FRED AGKER,

TVERARD B. MARSHALL. 

